White Baloon

Director
Abbas Kiarostami
Producer
Abbas Kiarostami
Year
1997
Spoken
Persian
Subtitle
English
Country
Iran
Length
85
Format
VHS/NTSC
Off
Description

Hours before the Iranian New Year, a seven-year-old girl begs her mother for money to buy a goldfish. The mother grudgingly relents, but, on the way to the store, the girl accidentally drops her 500-toman bill into an open sewer grate. In a relentless attempt to retrieve her money in time to purchase the much-coveted goldfish, she enlists the help of her enterprising brother and a varied cross-section of Teheran's marginalized citizens. A quiet, unpretentious gem about the beauty in everyday life.